◆ Nomadism also subjects pastoralist communities to strict rules of portability. If you are constantly on the move, you cannot afford to accumulate large material surpluses. Such rules limit variations in accumulated material goods between pastoralist households (though they may also encourage a taste for portable goods of high value such as silks or jewelry). So, by and large, nomadism implies a high degree of self-sufficiency and inhibits the appearance of an extensive division of labor. Inequalities of wealth and rank certainly exist, and have probably existed in most pastoralist societies, but except in periods of military conquest, they are normally too slight to generate the stable, hereditary hierarchies that are usually implied by the use of the term class. Inequalities of gender have also existed in pastoralist societies, but they seem to have been softened by the absence of steep hierarchies of wealth in most communities, and also by the requirement that women acquire most of the skills of men, including, often, their military skills.
为什么选B?作者: yqyz 时间: 2011-7-7 14:39:23
Such rules limit variations in accumulated material goods between pastoralist households.
同意转换呀作者: mcnuonuo 时间: 2011-7-7 20:42:23
Such rules limit variations in accumulated material goods between pastoralist households.
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yqyz 发表于 2011-7-7 14:39
这才看到variations in accumulated materials就是wealth inequality